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A drenching horn is a hollowed out animal horn used as a container or funnel for holding or administering veterinary medicines. Two people were needed, one to steady the animal’s head, and the other to hold the medicine. The head was raised and the lip of the horn forced into the side of the mouth, but not so far as to produce a cough. The small end of the horn was lifted up and the contents poured down. This horn came from Woodley Farm in Woodley, Berkshire.

1 drenching horn: horn

MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 22 August 2013 – Woodley Farm was in the possession of the Pither Family from the mid-nineteenth century until January 1982. The contents of the farm were sold at public auction on 16 April 1982., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Description: … // Dimensions: length 26 cms (aprox) // Associated information: from Woodley Farm, Butts Hill Rd., Woodley which has been in the possession of the Pither family since the mid nineteenth century. // References: …’

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